The PVCA Board met yesterday, courtesy Ricoh's premises, to appoint a revised Board with Matt Aitken - IVE Group - as President. It appears to be a Board compiled to steer the Association through the merger with TRMC, having great depth and experience to draw on.
The Print & Visual Communication Association of Australia (PVCA) has held its first merged Board meeting voting in new Officer Bearers and preparing the strategy to move forward as a united industry body.
Matt Aitken, Chief Executive Officer, IVE Group was voted in as President of the new entity with John Georgantzakos, Managing Director, Spot Press as Deputy President, Rodney Frost, Chief Executive Officer, The Lamson Group, Honorary Treasurer and Stuart Fysh, The Label Factory retaining his role as Honorary Secretary.
Aitken thanked Walter Kuhn, Managing Director, Kuhn Corp, former Deputy President and Acting President since the passing of Peter Clark earlier this year, for his contribution over many years and steering the industry body during the merger and previous two (2) years through COVID. Kuhn will remain on the Board as a Board Officer with, Simon Carmody, Managing Director, Spot Productions, Tom Eckersley, Managing Director, Eckersley Print Group, Kevin Pidgeon, Executive Chairman, Lithocraft and Nick Tuit, Managing Director, Kwik Kopy (Circular Quay and North Sydney) forming the remainder of the Board Member roles.
“Coming together as one Board and one industry body now brings opportunity to be forward focused with a strategy to unite and strengthen the industry’s position, output, and representation” commented Aitken.
Georgantzakos has held honorary roles on the PVCA Board for some time, formerly holding the seat of Honorary Treasurer and now accepting the nomination as Deputy President. Georgantzakos has led the cost reduction project over the past eighteen (18) months bringing the PVCA financials into a stronger position. In his role as Deputy President, Georgantzakos has a passionate remit to grow the membership and will work closely with the incoming team, on member engagement programs across the coming months.
Frost has been elected to the role of Honorary Treasurer which will see a solid transition through the merger as Frost was the former TRMC Treasurer. “We have been working through a rigorous governance and compliance process over the past twelve (12) months to ensure the merger is successful for all our members, I am now excited to get on with the strategy and building new programs and value for members,” commented Frost.
Fysh has held the position as Honorary Secretary and will continue working across compliance and member registry projects required for the merger transition.
Ricoh Australia facilitated the day, sponsoring the Board meeting and lunch. “We are committed to the industry above and beyond general sponsorship, we want a strong industry body, a united Board and any role Ricoh can play in supporting the industry body achieve more for our industry we are happy to do so,” commented Mark Moro, National Sales Manager, Ricoh Australia.
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